Automatic life planning and execution based on personal goals

ABSTRACT

Techniques are disclosed to calculate a “life script.” The life script may include various behaviors and/or monetary allocations required for a user to meet one or more user-defined objectives. These objectives may indicate various lifestyle habits desired by the user such as where to live, a maximum commuting time to work, how often to travel, etc. Because each of these objectives requires the user to allocate his funds in a certain way and to live in accordance with a particular set of restraints, user information may be collected and aggregated from several sources to generate a user profile indicating the user&#39;s financial information, demographics, psychographics, and lifestyle information. The user profile may then be analyzed to calculate a constraint framework that guides the generation of a life script to allow the user to achieve the desired objectives.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional PatentApplication No. 62/506,874, entitled “Automatic Life Planning andExecution Based on Personal Goals,” filed May 16, 2017, the disclosureof which is hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein in itsentirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the calculation of scripts and, moreparticular, the calculation of scripts that allow users to meet one ormore user-defined objectives.

BACKGROUND

Traditionally, to obtain advice regarding how to achieve certain lifegoals, people often speak in person to various financial advisors,family members, friends, etc. In doing so, a user may receive differenttypes of advice or consult different sources for information regardinghow to handle finances or modify existing behaviors. However, eachperson or source typically provides only a specific type of advice, andtherefore the individual must consider advice from several differentsources and attempt to effectuate an action plan, which may be arduous,time-consuming, and require a level of high level of financialexpertise. Similarly, online budgeting tools may allow users to plan abudget, but only address specific monetary needs, and do not considercombinations of user behaviors, monetary allocations, or other actionsrequired by the user to meet a plethora of objectives. Existing toolsmay have other drawbacks.

BRIEF SUMMARY

The present embodiments may provide advice to achieve certain lifegoals, and perform analysis needed for a real-world life script. Thelife script may indicate a combination of user behavior, monetarycontributions, and/or allocations over time that are required to achievea combination of overall life goals.

In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for implementing acomprehensive life planner may be provided. The method may include oneor more processors (1) aggregating financial information, demographicinformation, lifestyle information, and psychographic informationassociated with a user to generate a user profile; (2) receiving aplurality of objectives indicating desired recurring lifestyle habits asidentified by the user; (3) calculating a constraint framework for theuser in accordance with the user profile that indicates one or moreconstraints used to identify how to achieve the plurality of objectives;(4) receiving a weighted importance associated with each of theplurality of objectives, the weighted importance indicating howimportant it is for the user to achieve each of the plurality ofobjectives compared to the others; (5) calculating, or generating, ascript that indicates user behavior, contributions, and allocationsrequired to achieve one or more of the plurality of objectives, in orderof weighted importance, in accordance with the constraint framework;and/or (6) transmitting the script to an electronic device forpresentation to the user to facilitate comprehensive life planning basedupon user-specific objectives or goals. The method may includeadditional, less, or alternate actions, including those discussedelsewhere herein

In yet another aspect, a system for implementing a comprehensive lifeplanner may be provided. The system may include (1) one or more back-endcomponents configured to (i) aggregate financial information,demographic information, lifestyle information, and psychographicinformation associated with a user to generate a user profile; (ii)receive a plurality of objectives indicating desired lifestyle habits asidentified by the user; (iii) calculate a constraint framework for theuser in accordance with the user profile that indicates one or moreconstraints used to identify how to achieve the plurality of objectives;(iv) receive a weighted importance associated with each of the pluralityof objectives, the weighted importance indicating how important it isfor the user to achieve each of the plurality of objectives compared tothe others; and/or (v) calculate or generate a script that indicatesuser behavior, contributions, and allocations required to achieve one ormore of the plurality of objectives, in order of weighted importance, inaccordance with the constraint framework; and/or (2) a client deviceconfigured to receive the script transmitted by the one or more back-endcomponents and to display the script to the user to facilitatecomprehensive life planning based upon user-specific objectives. Thesystem may include additional, less, or alternate components, includingthose discussed elsewhere herein

In still another aspect, a non-transitory computer readable mediumhaving instructions stored thereon may be provided. The instructionsmay, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or moreprocessors to (1) aggregate financial information, demographicinformation, lifestyle information, and psychographic informationassociated with a user to generate a user profile; (2) receive aplurality of objectives indicating desired lifestyle habits asidentified by the user; (3) calculate a constraint framework for theuser in accordance with the user profile that indicates one or moreconstraints used to identify how to achieve the plurality of objectives;(4) receive a weighted importance associated with each of the pluralityof objectives, the weighted importance indicating how important it isfor the user to achieve each of the plurality of objectives compared tothe others; (5) calculate or generate a script that indicates userbehavior, contributions, and allocations required to achieve one or moreof the plurality of objectives, in order of weighted importance, inaccordance with the constraint framework; and/or (6) transmit the scriptto an electronic device for presentation to the user to facilitatecomprehensive life planning based upon user-specific objectives. Thenon-transitory computer readable medium may include additional, less, oralternate instructions, including those discussed elsewhere herein.

Advantages will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in theart from the following description of the preferred aspects which havebeen shown and described by way of illustration. As will be realized,the present aspects may be capable of other and different aspects, andtheir details are capable of modification in various respects.Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded asillustrative in nature and not as restrictive.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary comprehensive lifeplanner system 100, in accordance with aspects of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary life scriptcalculation engine 200, in accordance with aspects of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates exemplary information associated with a user profile300, in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 4A-4B illustrate exemplary user-defined objectives 400 and 450,respectively, in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5A illustrates two examples of applying a constraint framework todetermine whether user-defined objectives are achievable for a user A,in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5B illustrates an example of applying a constraint framework todetermine whether user-defined objectives are achievable for a user B,in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary computer-implemented method flow 600, inaccordance with aspects of the present disclosure.

The Figures depict aspects of the present invention for purposes ofillustration only. One skilled in the art will readily recognize fromthe following discussion that alternate aspects of the structures andmethods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from theprinciples of the invention described herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Conventional financial service products may be designed to solvespecific, narrow goals, such as financing a house, paying off creditcards, or establishing a monthly budget. Therefore, consumers that wantto determine how to achieve a lifestyle that addresses an amalgamationof current and/or future financial, behavioral, and social needs such asbuying a home, living a particular lifestyle, reducing their commute,traveling to a specific destination next year, etc., may be forced tocreate a mix of behaviors, spending patterns, and products they hopewill accomplish their goals. However, this may require implementing anumber of limited products and behavioral changes, and no product is“aware” of its role in achieving the consumer's overall goal. As aresult, every consumer is forced to become a financial expert to performan undue amount of research and analysis, which most fail to do so.

To remedy this, the present aspects relate to, inter alia, calculating acomprehensive “life script” to allow a user to achieve variouspre-defined objectives. These objectives may include, for example, auser's preferences regarding how often to travel, where to travel, whereto live, how often to upgrade to a new smartphone, when to pay offdebts, if and when to make a large purchase such as a home or vehicle,etc. A user's life objectives may therefore be defined by the user, andinclude an outline of various lifestyle preferences, and the relativeimportance of each compared to others.

Aspects of the present embodiments may include gathering data for aparticular user such as demographics, psychographics, financialinformation, lifestyle information, debts, assets, recurring expenses, amaximum level of risk, answers to information solicited from the user,etc. One or more portions of this data (and the user's life objectives)may then be aggregated and stored as a user profile. To determine theuser's life-script, a constraint framework may be calculated thatdetermines precisely if and how the user may achieve her definedobjectives, considering their relative importance in doing so. In otherwords, the constraint framework may represent a mathematical constructthat defines several means of the user achieving her defined objectives,and may be calculated from a combination of factors such as data storedin the user's profile, the importance of achieving other objectives, andguidelines that are established by translating various objectives into amonetary value.

By applying the constraint framework, the generated life script mayindicate various behaviors and/or monetary allocations required for auser to meet his objectives. The life script may be calculated, forexample, by determining how the most important objectives can first beachieved. In the event that all of a user's life objectives cannot beachieved, aspects include the life script suggesting variousalternatives. This may include, for example, determining alternativesand requesting, from the user, whether any of these alternatives areacceptable. In this way, the aspects disclosed herein describe a dynamicand comprehensive life planning tool, which actively analyzes lifeobjectives and provides alternatives as needed to allow a user tooptimize his overall lifestyle in a way that is best suited to him asset out in by his indication of each objective's importance.

System Overview

FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary comprehensive lifeplanner system 100, in accordance with certain aspects of the presentdisclosure. In the present aspect, comprehensive life planner system 100may include one or more client devices 102, one or more back-endcomputing devices 120, one or more financial institutions 150, and/or acommunication network 180. Comprehensive life planner system 100 mayfurther include any suitable number X of back-end computing devices 120,which may include back-end computing devices 120.1-120.X, for example.Comprehensive life planner system 100 may include additional, less, oralternate components, including those discussed elsewhere herein.

For the sake of brevity, comprehensive life planner system 100 isillustrated as including a single client device 102, three back-endcomputing devices 120, two financial institutions 150, and a singlecommunication network 180. However, the aspects described herein mayinclude any suitable number of such components. For example, back-endcomputing devices 120 may include several hundred components, includinga server configured to communicate with several client devices 102, eachof which may be operated by a separate user. Moreover, several back-endcomputing devices 120 may receive data from each separate client device102, from several financial institutions 150, and/or transmit data toeach separate client device 102 and several financial institutions 150,as further discussed herein.

To provide another example, one or more of back-end computing devices120 may receive data from one or more client devices 102 such that auser profile for each user may include data received from each user'srespective client device. To provide yet another example, client device102 may represent one client device from several different clientdevices for the same user or for different users. For example, clientdevice 102 may represent a user's smartphone as well as a user's desktopcomputer, each of which may collect and transmit data to one or morefinancial institutions 150 and/or one or more back-end computing devices120, as further discussed below.

Communication network 180 may be configured to facilitate communicationsbetween one or more client devices 102, one or more financialinstitutions 150, and/or one or more back-end computing devices 120using any suitable number of wired and/or wireless links, which may berepresented as links 117.1-117.3, for example. For example,communication network 180 may include any suitable number of nodes,radio frequency links, wireless or digital communication channels,additional wired and/or wireless networks that may facilitate one ormore landline connections, internet service provider (ISP) backboneconnections, satellite links, public switched telephone network (PSTN),etc.

To provide additional examples, the present aspects includecommunication network 180 being implemented, for example, as a localarea network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide areanetwork (WAN), or any suitable combination of local and/or externalnetwork connections. To provide further examples, communications network180 may include wired telephone and cable hardware, satellite, cellularphone communication networks, base stations, macrocells, femtocells,etc. In the present aspects, communication network 180 may provide oneor more client devices 102 with connectivity to network services, suchas Internet services, for example, and/or support applicationprogramming interface (API) calls between one or more client devices102, one or more financial institutions 150, and/or one or more back-endcomputing devices 120.

One or more financial institutions 150 may include any suitable numberand/or type of financial institutions that hold and/or are associatedwith various financial accounts. For example, one or more financialinstitutions 150 may include banks, creditors, lenders, and/or brokers.One or more users (e.g., a user associated with client device 102) mayhold one or more accounts with one or more financial institutions 150such as checking accounts, savings accounts, credit accounts, lines ofcredit, loan accounts, charge accounts, money market accounts, brokerageaccounts, etc. These accounts may be held at a single institution orspread out across several different financial institutions.

In one aspect, financial accounts held at one or more financialinstitutions 150 may be accessible via a secure connection tocommunication network 180, for example, by client device 102 and/or oneor more back-end computing devices 120. For example, one or morefinancial institutions 150 may provide online services that allow a userto access her accounts using client device 102 and/or another suitablecomputing device. Upon receipt of a valid authenticated request forfinancial data, one or more financial institutions 150 may transmitfinancial data to client device 102 and/or one or more back-endcomputing devices 120. Examples of the financial data transmitted by oneor more financial institutions 150 may include financial transactiondata indicating previous credits and debits to a user's accounts, acurrent account balance, loan payoff balances, credit report history,credit scores, credit card utilization, derogatory credit marks,spending data such as the time, amount, and specific merchant for whichprevious account debits and/or charges were made, whether the user haspreviously defaulted on a particular loan, etc.

In various aspects, back-end computing devices 120 may include anysuitable number of back-end components, which may include any suitabletype of components configured to receive, send, store, and/or analyzedata to facilitate the performance of the functions of the variousembodiments as described herein. For example, as shown in FIG. 1 ,back-end computing devices 120 may include one or more life scriptcalculation engines 120.1, one or more databases 120.2, and/or one ormore database servers 120.X.

In the present aspects, life script calculation engine 120.1 may beconfigured to access data from and/or store data to one or moreadditional data sources that may be included as one or more of back-endcomputing devices 120. These data sources may provide data that isutilized by life script calculation engines 120.1 for various purposes.For example, life script calculation engine 120.1 may use this data togenerate a user profile, determine a constraint framework, and tocalculate a life script in accordance with the constraint framework fora particular user. To provide another example, life script calculationengine 120.1 may additionally or alternatively use data obtained in thismanner to facilitate a user effectuating one or more actions inaccordance with a calculated life script, as further discussed herein.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1 , the data sources included as part ofthe one or more back-end computing devices 120 may include dataretrieved from third-party data providers that may not be readilyobtained from the user (e.g., via communications with client device102), and/or from the financial instructions 150. For example, theadditional data sources may include data provided by one or morethird-party data providers and include information such as, for example,data mined from social media, data provided by various retailers, incomelevels of various users, financial information, psychographicinformation, demographic information, lifestyle information, assetsassociated with various users, loan information associated with varioususers, etc.

Therefore, in various aspects, life script calculation engine 120.1 mayuse any suitable combination of data from these additional data sourcesthat are part of the one or more back-end computing devices 120, dataprovided by a user and/or the client device 102, and/or data accessedvia the one or more financial instructions 150 to generate a unique userprofile for a particular user. This data may be referred to herein as“life script data,” and include, for example, a user's financialinformation, demographic information, lifestyle information, andpsychographic information, among other suitable types of data.

Thus, the life script data may include, for example, any suitable typeof information that is relevant to the calculation of a constraintframework and a corresponding life script for a particular user. Forexample, a user's financial information may include data such as creditreport information, checking and savings account balance information,investment account information, retirement account information, a user'snet worth, a user's (or a family's) income (e.g., based on any suitabletime period such as annually, bi-weekly, monthly, etc.), a user's taxbracket, assets, monthly expenses, loan payment information, creditscores, etc.

Similarly, a user's demographic information may include any suitabletype of information that is relevant to the calculation of a constraintframework and a corresponding life script for a particular user.Therefore, the demographic information may include, for example, auser's age or age bracket, gender, marital status, household size, nameand address, a particular defined demographic region where the usercurrently lives (e.g., a city, state, zip code, county, etc.), whetherthe user has any children, ethnicity, total household income, languagesspoken, whether the user owns a home, whether the user rents, level ofeducation, employment status, number and type of vehicles (or otherassets) owned, where the user works, etc.

Moreover, a user's psychographic information may include any suitabletype of information that is relevant to the calculation of a constraintframework and a corresponding life script for a particular user.Therefore, the psychographic information may include, for example, alevel of risk tolerance in general and/or for various specificobjectives, whether the user is generally concerned with health andappearance (and if so, and indicator of how much), whether the userprefers a healthy lifestyle but doesn't have much time, whether the userenjoys going out or online in the evenings, whether the user followsseveral social networking sites and, if so, which ones, whether the usertends to favor quality over economy, whether the user finds fulfillmentin her career and family, whether the user is generally “familyoriented,” whether the user values time with a small group of friends,etc.

Furthermore, a user's lifestyle information may include any suitabletype of information that is relevant to the calculation of a constraintframework and a corresponding life script for a particular user.Therefore, the lifestyle information may include, for example, patternsof the user cooking at home vs. eating out, spending habits, preferredclothing styles (e.g., whether a user prefers to dress fashionablyregardless of the additional cost), the user's electronic device usageand preferences (e.g., whether the user prefers Apple products, windowsdevices, android devices, etc.), a user's preferred maximum commutingtime, a preferred mode of commuting to work or traveling, a preferredregion where to live, a preference to rent or own, etc.

It is to be understood that the data described above is introduced toprovide several specific examples, and is not meant to be exhaustive orlimiting. Furthermore, it is to be understood that certain types of datamay be classified under more than one of the aforementioned categoriesof financial information, demographic information, psychographicinformation, and lifestyle information. Thus, these categories arelikewise listed for ease of explanation and not by way of limitation.Again, the life script data may include any suitable relevantinformation from which a user's life script may be ultimatelydetermined.

In an aspect, life script calculation engine 120.1 may be implemented asany suitable number and/or type of computing device (e.g., one or morecomputer servers) that is configured to communicate with other variouscomponents such as other back-end components 120.2-120.X, one or moreclient devices 102, and/or one or financial institutions 150. In variousembodiments, life script calculation engine 120.1 may be configured toprocess application programming interface (API) service calls, tosupport one or more applications installed on one or more client devices102, to aggregate data from one or more sources to generate and store auser profile, to receive objectives and a relative importance of eachfrom a user, to calculate constraint frameworks, to execute theconstraint frameworks to determine which objectives are achievable, tosuggest alternative objectives, to monitor financial activity associatedwith a user and/or via communication with one or more financialinstitutions 150, etc., the details of which are further discussedbelow.

Furthermore, the aspects described herein allocate the calculations andfunctionality for determining a life script primarily with life scriptcalculation engine 120.1 for ease of explanation. However, aspectsinclude life script calculation engine 120.1 working in conjunction withany suitable number of other components of comprehensive life plannersystem 100 to facilitate the functionality associated with the aspectsof the disclosure as described herein. For example, life scriptcalculation engine 120.1 may work in conjunction with other servers,databases, cloud-based servers, etc., included as part of the one ormore back-end computing devices 120. To provide another example, lifescript calculation engine 120.1 may work in conjunction with clientdevice 102. Additionally or alternatively, one or more functionsdescribed herein with respect to life script calculation engine 120.1may also be performed via one or more client devices 102, whichsimilarly may work in conjunction with work one or more of back-endcomputing devices 120.

Database 102.2 may include one or more storage devices configured tostore, delete, update, and/or modify data in accordance with one or morecommands received from one or more other back-end components 120, one ormore client devices 102, and/or one or more financial institutions 150.For example, database 120.2 may include any suitable combination of oneor more storage mediums such as hard disk drives, solid state memory,cloud-based storage devices, etc. In various aspects, database 120.2 maystore data in addition to or instead of data stored locally by lifescript calculation engine 120.1. In doing so, life script calculationengine 120.1, database 120.2, and/or other back-end components 120 maystore any suitable type of data used to facilitate the variousfunctionalities of the aspects as described herein. Examples of the datastored among the various components of one or more back-end components120 include user profiles, user-defined objectives, constraint frameworkdata, executable code, algorithms, instructions, etc., used to executevarious life script calculations as discussed herein, etc. Moreover,data stored in database 120.2 (and/or one or more other back-endcomponents 120) may be accessed via client device 102 and/or the one ormore financial institutions 150 as needed.

In some aspects, data stored in database 120.2 (and/or one or more otherback-end components 120) may include private or confidential informationsuch as financial records, credit report information, insurance-relatedinformation, etc. Thus, aspects include utilizing secure data storageand access procedures when data is written to or retrieved from database120.2 (and/or one or more other back-end components 120) via life scriptcalculation engine 120.1. These procedures may include, for example,secure login and authentication procedures and/or the encryption of datastored in database 120.2 (and/or one or more other back-end components120).

Database server 120.X may be configured as any suitable number and/ortype of server, and may be configured to perform substantially similarfunctions as life script calculation engine 120.1. In some embodiments,life script calculation engine 120.1 and database server 120.X may beimplemented as a single device, and thus both life script calculationengine 120.1 and database server 120.X may not be present in someaspects. But in other aspects, database server 120.X may performdedicated database operations, while life script calculation engine120.1 performs communication and analytical-based functions.

For example, life script calculation engine 120.1 may handlecommunications with client computing devices 102, one or more financialinstitutions 150, and/or one or more other back-end components 120, andperform calculations related to the calculation of constraintframeworks, the calculation of life scripts, etc. Continuing thisexample, in such a case database server 120.X may facilitate the receiptof information, the aggregation of data, and the generation of userprofiles. For example, as new information is received for a particularuser over time, data base server 120.X (or other back-end components 120such as life script calculation engine 120.1) may append, substitute,update, or otherwise modify the user's profile so that it remainsup-to-date over time.

To provide another example, database 120.2 (and/or one or more otherback-end components 120) may store user information, logon credentials,and contact information for one or more users. Life script calculationengine 120.1 may access data stored in database 120.2 (and/or one ormore other back-end components 120) to correlate data received fromvarious data sources to a particular user's profile for data aggregationand/or to facilitate the transmission of a calculated life script to aparticular user.

In the present aspects, client device 102 may include a processor unit104, a communication unit 106, a user interface 108, a display 110, anda memory unit 114. Client device 102 may include additional, less, oralternate components, including those discussed elsewhere herein. Invarious aspects, client device 102 may be implemented as any suitablecomputing device configured to receive user input, display information,and/or communicate with other components of comprehensive life plannersystem 100. For example, client device 102 may be implemented as asmartphone or other suitable mobile computing device. To provideadditional examples, client device 102 may be implemented as a personaldigital assistant (PDA), a desktop computer, a tablet computer, a laptopcomputer, a phablet, GNSS-enabled devices, smart watches, smart glasses,smart bracelets, wearable electronics, pagers, computing devicesconfigured for wireless communication, etc.

Client device 102 may be configured to communicate using any suitablenumber and/or type of communication protocols, such as Wi-Fi, cellular,BLUETOOTH, NFC, RFID, Internet Protocols, etc. For example, clientdevice 102 may be configured to communicate with communication network180 using a cellular communication protocol to send data to and/orreceive data from the one or more financial institutions 150 and/or theone or more back-end computing devices 120 via communication network 180using one or more communication links, such as links 117.1-117.3, forexample.

To this end, communication unit 106 may be configured to facilitate datacommunications between client device 102 and one or more ofcommunication network 180, one or more financial institutions 150,and/or one or more back-end computing devices 120 in accordance with anysuitable number and/or type of communication protocols. In the presentaspects, communication unit 106 may be configured to facilitate datacommunications based upon the particular component and/or network withwhich client device 102 is communicating.

Such communications may facilitate the transmission of collected datafrom client device 102 that is utilized by life script calculationengine 120.1 to generate a user profile, calculate a constraintframework, generate life scripts, etc., as further discussed herein. Inthe present aspects, communication unit 106 may be implemented with anysuitable combination of hardware and/or software to facilitate thisfunctionality. For example, communication unit 106 may be implementedwith any suitable number of wired and/or wireless transceivers, networkinterfaces, physical layers (PHY), ports, antennas, etc.

User interface 108 may be configured to facilitate user interaction withclient device 102. For example, user interface 108 may include auser-input device such as an interactive portion of display 110 (e.g., a“soft” keyboard displayed on display 110), an external hardware keyboardconfigured to communicate with client device 102 via a wired or awireless connection (e.g., a BLUETOOTH keyboard), an external mouse, orany other suitable user-input device.

Display 110 may be implemented as any suitable type of display that mayfacilitate user interaction, such as a capacitive touch screen display,a resistive touch screen display, etc. In various aspects, display 110may be configured to work in conjunction with user-interface 108 and/orprocessor unit 104 to detect user inputs upon a user selecting adisplayed interactive icon or other graphic, to identify user selectionsof objects displayed via display 110, to display notifications regardingavailable calculated life scripts transmitted by life script calculationengine 120.1, to display one or more links allowing a user to directlyeffectuate changes described in the life script, which may be received,for example, via life script calculation engine 120.1, etc.

Processor unit 104 may be implemented as any suitable type and/or numberof processors, such as a host processor for the relevant device in whichclient device 102 is implemented, for example. Processor unit 104 may beconfigured to communicate with one or more of communication unit 106,user interface 108, display 110, and/or memory unit 114 to send data toand/or to receive data from one or more of these components.

For example, processor unit 104 may be configured to communicate withmemory unit 114 to store data to and/or to read data from memory unit114. In accordance with various embodiments, memory unit 114 may be acomputer-readable non-transitory storage device, and may include anysuitable combination of volatile (e.g., a random access memory (RAM)),or non-volatile memory (e.g., battery-backed RAM, FLASH, etc.). In thepresent aspects, memory unit 114 may be configured to store instructionsexecutable by processor unit 104. These instructions may include machinereadable instructions that, when executed by processor unit 104, causeprocessor unit 104 to perform various acts.

In the present aspects, life planning application 115 is a portion ofmemory unit 114 configured to store instructions, that when executed byprocessor unit 104, cause processor unit 104 to perform various acts inaccordance with applicable aspects as described herein. For example,instructions stored in life planning application 115 may facilitateprocessor unit 104 performing functions such as periodically reportingand/or transmitting the location of client device 102 as part of arunning background process, collecting various types of data, sendingvarious types of data to one or more financial institutions 150 and/orlife script calculation engine 102.1, receiving data and/ornotifications from one or more financial institutions 150 and/or lifescript calculation engine 120.1, receiving user input that definesvarious objectives and the respective importance of each, receiving userinput including information solicited from the user that may be used togenerate a user profile and/or further define a user's life objectives,displaying notifications, interactive links, and/or other informationusing data received via one or more financial institutions 150 and/orlife script calculation engine 120.1, etc.

In some aspects, life planning application 115 may reside in memory unit114 as a default application bundle that may be included as part of theoperating system (OS) utilized by client device 102. But in otheraspects, life planning application 115 may be installed on client device102 as one or more downloads, such as an executable package installationfile downloaded from a suitable application source via a connection tothe Internet or other suitable device, network, external memory storagedevice, etc.

For example, life planning application 115 may be stored in any suitableportions of memory unit 114 upon installation of a package filedownloaded in such a manner. Examples of package download files mayinclude downloads via the iTunes store, the Google Play Store, theWindows Phone Store, a package installation file downloaded from anothercomputing device, etc. Once downloaded, life planning application 115may be installed on client device 102 as part of an installation packagesuch that, upon installation of life planning application 115, memoryunit 114 may store executable instructions such that, when executed byprocessor unit 104, cause client device 102 to implement the variousfunctions of the aspects as described herein.

In aspects, via the use of life planning application 115 (or othersuitable component(s) of client device 102), the user may begin theprocess of creating a user profile. This may be implemented, forexample, upon first launching life planning application 115, through aregistration process via a website, via direct or indirect communicationwith life script calculation engine 120.1 (which may also be in the formof Internet communications or via interaction with various supportedwebsites), over the phone, etc. This user profile may thereforeinitially include, for example, device information, contact information,a user ID, or any other suitable information that may allow clientdevice 102, financial institutions 150, and/or one or more back-endcomponents 120 to later correlate a user to his user profile. Forexample, upon installing and launching life planning application 115 onclient device 102, a user may be prompted to enter login informationand/or complete an initial registration process to create an initialuser profile, which may subsequently be modified via life scriptcalculation engine 120.1 (and/or one or more other back-end components120).

Exemplary Life Script Calculation Engine

FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary life scriptcalculation engine 200, in accordance with aspects of the presentdisclosure. In one aspect, life script calculation engine 200 may be animplementation of life script calculation engine 120.1, as shown anddiscussed with respect to FIG. 1 . In the present aspects, life scriptcalculation engine 200 may include a processor unit 222, a communicationunit 224, and a memory unit 226. Life script calculation engine 200 mayinclude additional, less, or alternate components, including thosediscussed elsewhere herein.

It should be noted that, although only a life script calculation engine200 is shown in FIG. 2 , this is only one of many aspects. In someaspects, multiple computing devices, servers, etc., may be configured tohave a logical presence of a single entity, such as a server bank or anarrangement known as “cloud computing,” for example. Theseconfigurations may provide various advantages, such as enabling nearreal-time uploads and downloads of information as well as periodicuploads and downloads of information. However, for ease of discussionand not limitation, the life script calculation engine 200 is referredto herein using the singular tense.

Life script calculation engine 200 may be configured to communicateusing any suitable number and/or type of communication protocols, suchas Wi-Fi, cellular, BLUETOOTH, NFC, RFID, Internet Protocols, etc. Forexample, the life script calculation engine 200 may be configured tocommunicate via wireless communication or data transmission over one ormore radio frequency links or communication channels, and/or communicatewith one or more communication networks (e.g., communication network180) using a cellular communication protocol to send data to and/orreceive data from one or more financial institutions (e.g., one or morefinancial institutions 150), one or more back-end computing devices(e.g., one or more back-end computing devices 120), and/or one or moreclient devices 102 (e.g., client device 102) via such communications.

To this end, communication unit 224 may be configured to facilitate datacommunications between various components in accordance with anysuitable number and/or type of communication protocols. In the presentaspects, communication unit 224 may be configured to facilitate datacommunications based upon the particular component and/or network withwhich life script calculation engine 200 is communicating.

Again, such communications may facilitate the transmission of collecteddata from one or more financial institutions, one or more back-endcomputing devices, and/or one or more client devices 102 that isutilized by life script calculation engine 200 to generate a userprofile, calculate a constraint framework, generate life scripts, etc.,as further discussed herein. In the present aspects, communication unit224 may be implemented with any suitable combination of hardware and/orsoftware to facilitate this functionality. For example, communicationunit 224 may be implemented with any suitable number of wired and/orwireless transceivers, network interfaces, physical layers (PHY), ports,antennas, etc.

Processor unit 222 may be implemented as any suitable type and/or numberof processors, such as a host processor for the relevant device in whichlife script calculation engine 200 is implemented, for example.Processor unit 222 may be configured to communicate with one or more ofcommunication unit 224 and/or memory unit 226 to send data to and/or toreceive data from one or more of these components.

For example, processor unit 222 may be configured to communicate withmemory unit 226 to store data to and/or to read data from memory unit226. In accordance with various embodiments, memory unit 226 may be acomputer-readable non-transitory storage device, and may include anycombination of volatile (e.g., a random access memory (RAM)), or anon-volatile memory (e.g., battery-backed RAM, FLASH, etc.). In thepresent aspects, memory unit 226 may be configured to store instructionsexecutable by processor unit 222. These instructions may include machinereadable instructions that, when executed by processor unit 222, causeprocessor unit 222 to perform various acts.

In the present aspects, life script application 227 is a portion ofmemory unit 226 configured to store instructions, that when executed byprocessor unit 222, cause processor unit 222 to perform various acts inaccordance with applicable aspects as described herein. For example,instructions stored in life planning application 227 may facilitateprocessor unit 222 executing the various functions described below withrespect to each of the modules stored in memory unit 226. Some of thesefunctions may include, for example, collecting and aggregating varioustypes of data to generate user profiles, defining various lifeobjectives for one or more users, communicating with one or morefinancial institutions and/or client devices, communicating with one ormore back-end computing devices, calculating constraint frameworks,calculating life scripts, transmitting life scripts to users via theirrespective client devices, etc. These functions are further discussedbelow with respect to the each of the additional modules stored inmemory unit 226.

Thus, some aspects include life script application 227, data aggregationmodule 229, objective calculation module 231, constraint frameworkcalculation module 233, and script calculation module 235 beingimplemented as one or more software applications, sets ofcomputer-executable instructions, algorithms, etc., which are stored onthe memory unit 226 and executable by the processor unit 222. Forexample, memory unit 226 may represent a tangible, non-transitorycomputer-readable medium, with each of life script application 227, dataaggregation module 229, objective calculation module 231, constraintframework calculation module 233, and script calculation module 235including instructions executable by one or more processors (e.g.,processor unit 222) that, when executed by the one or more processors,cause the one or more processors to perform various acts as describedherein. To provide another example, the life script application 227,data aggregation module 229, objective calculation module 231,constraint framework calculation module 233, and script calculationmodule 235 may be implemented at least partially in firmware and/or inhardware of the life script calculation engine 200.

The various applications and modules shown in FIG. 2 and discussedherein may be executed on the same processing unit 222 or on differentcomputer processors (which may also be part of separate components notpictured in FIG. 2 ) in some aspects, as desired. Further, while thelife script application 227, data aggregation module 229, objectivecalculation module 231, constraint framework calculation module 233, andscript calculation module 235 are depicted as separate components ofmemory unit 226, two or more of these components may be integrated intodifferent integrated applications and/or integrated modules. Moreover,one or more of the life script application 227, data aggregation module229, objective calculation module 231, constraint framework calculationmodule 233, and script calculation module 235 may be implemented inconjunction with other application (not shown) that are stored andexecuted via the life script calculation engine 200 and/or othercomponents in communication with life script calculation engine 200.

In the present aspects, data aggregation module 229 is a portion ofmemory unit 226 configured to store instructions, that when executed byprocessor unit 222, cause processor unit 222 to perform various acts inaccordance with applicable aspects as described herein. For example,instructions stored in data aggregation module 229 may facilitateprocessor unit 222 performing functions associated with generating auser profile. For example, as discussed herein, data aggregation module229 may include instruction to facilitate monitoring various datasources and/or receiving data from one or more data sources over time tobuild a user profile that may also change over time as new data isacquired.

Again, the data sources may include, for example, data received from oneor more financial institutions (e.g., one or more financial institutions150), one or more back-end computing devices (e.g., one or more back-endcomputing devices 120), and/or one or more client devices 102 (e.g.,client device 102). In various aspects, this data may represent userinput (e.g., via client device 102) and/or other types of data that matbe acquired with or without user input. For instance, a user may besolicited via a suitable computing device (e.g., via client device 102)in the form of survey questions, prompts, etc., for information that isthen aggregated with other data included in the user's data profile.Some examples of data that may be acquired from a user in this way mayinclude, for example, any suitable portion of financial information,demographic information, psychographic information, and/or lifestyleinformation as discussed herein.

To provide an illustrative example with reference to FIG. 3 , whichillustrates an example of information associated with a user profile300, data aggregation module 229 may facilitate processor unit 222(e.g., via communication unit 224) aggregating various portions of datato form a generate a user profile. This user profile may then be storedin any suitable portion of life script calculation engine 200 (e.g.,memory unit 226) and/or another suitable storage device that isaccessible by life script calculation engine 200 (e.g., one or moreback-end components 120). It will be understood that the examples shownin FIG. 3 associated with user profile 300 such as the financialinformation, lifestyle information, demographic information,psychographic information, etc., are but some examples of the types ofinformation that may be relevant to determine a life script for thisparticular user. This user profile may thus include, for example, anysuitable number and/or type of information that is useful or otherwiserelevant to calculate the user's life script.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3 , the user's financial information mayinclude data such as credit information, current annual, monthly, orbi-weekly income, a listing of all assets owned by the user, monthlyexpenses, information regarding current loans and loan payments, etc.Thus, the financial information may include any suitable type ofinformation that is relevant to quantify and monetize a user's income,to determine a budget, and/or to generally determine how much a user canafford. As discussed herein, this type of information may beparticularly useful to determine how many of a user's objectives may beachieved once those objectives are translated into a monetary value,when applicable.

To provide another example, as shown in FIG. 3 , the user's demographicinformation may include the user's age (or age bracket), gender, maritalstatus, household size, and/or location data such as the user's currentaddress or residential region. In this way, a user's demographicinformation may provide various insights regarding possible alternativeobjectives, which may be useful when all of a user's objectives cannotbe completed within the constraint framework, as discussed below. Forexample, the demographic information may be correlated to other usershaving similar demographic data and for which favorable alternativeobjectives can be identified. For example, market data, additionalsurvey data, third party data, and/or feedback from other users thatalso utilize the life planning tool may allow a constraint framework tobe generated that ensures favorable alternative objectives arepresented.

To provide an illustrative example, a 25-year old single male living inan urban area may find it perfectly acceptable to put off home ownershipfor a longer period of time, whereas a 45-year old recently-divorcedfemale living in a suburban area may not. In this way, the demographicinformation gathered from various users may help guide the calculationof each user's individual constraint framework. In doing so, life scriptcalculation engine 200 may help guarantee each person's objectives areconsidered using a frame of reference of similarly-situated individuals.

To provide yet another example, user profile 300 may include a user'spsychographic information, which may include a specific set of userattitudes, aspirations, hobbies, and other psychological criteria,similar to that which may ordinarily be used for market researchpurposes. As shown in FIG. 3 , a user's psychographic information mayinclude a preferred maximum commute, whether the user frequently visitsa gym or otherwise prefers a healthy lifestyle, whether the user isgenerally risk-averse or willing to take on a certain level of risk(e.g., a maximum acceptable risk level threshold), whether the user isinvolved in various social networks (and, if so, which ones), whetherthe user is family oriented or more career driven, etc. Similar to thedemographic information, the psychographic information may be utilizedto provide alternative objectives by identifying users with similarpsychographic information. Moreover, a user's psychographic informationmay be useful in directly setting risk thresholds that may be used inthe calculation of the constraint framework, as discussed further below.

To provide an additional example, user profile 300 may include lifestyleinformation that indicates a user's general overall preference whenliving day to day, which may represent the user's preference regardinghow to get to work, where to live, etc. As shown in FIG. 3 , a user'slifestyle information may include a preferred number of times per weekto dine out, the importance of dressing fashionably, a preferred maximumtime to commute to work, a preferred region to live (e.g., urban, rural,suburban, midwest, west coast, etc.). Again, like the aforementioneddemographic information and psychographic information, the lifestyleinformation may be utilized to provide alternative objectives byidentifying users with similar psychographic information.

Thus, the information stored in the user profile may represent anoverall set of data that may be referenced to calculate a constraintframework and to determine how to generate a life script for a user tobest achieve his defined objectives. In various aspects, the constraintframework may utilize this information to not only determine alternativeobjectives, but to also determine how to balance the overall lifescript. For example, a user may identify several objectives having thesame level of importance, as further discussed below with reference toFIGS. 4A and 4B. Therefore, when only some objectives can beaccomplished, all of which have the same level of importance to theuser, the information in the user profile may allow the life scriptcalculation engine 200 to identify which of the objectives to modify byreferencing data in the user's profile. In particular, the user profilemay contain data specific to each of the similarly-weighted objectives.The user's defined objectives are further discussed directly below.

In the present aspects, objective calculation module 231 is a portion ofmemory unit 226 configured to store instructions, that when executed byprocessor unit 222, cause processor unit 222 to perform various acts inaccordance with applicable aspects as described herein. For example,instructions stored in objective calculation module 231 may facilitateprocessor unit 222 performing functions associated with selectingprompts to present to a user, causing life script calculation engine 200to transmit data to a suitable electronic device (e.g., client device102) to solicit a user's objectives, and to receive the user's answersto these solicited requests.

For example, life script calculation engine 200 may prompt a user forvarious questions via any suitable means of interaction with theelectronic device with which life script calculation engine 200communicates. In this way, various aspects include a user identifyingthe particular objectives she wishes to use for the purposes ofgenerating a life script. These objectives may include, for example, anysuitable type of recurring, current, or future goal, habit, etc., whichmay be driven by the user's current, expected, and preferred lifestylehabits or changes to those lifestyle habits that are likely or certainto occur within a known time frame. For example, a user may want topurchase a home in 5 years, purchase a car in the next two years, and/ortravel to a particular destination in 2 years. To provide anotherexample, travel may be a particularly important aspect of a user'slifestyle such that the user may wish to specify recurring travel as anobjective as well. To provide another example, a user may specifycurrent or short-term objectives such as a maximum commuting time towork, owning the most recent iteration of a particular smartphone orother electronic device, working only one job, working less than 40hours per week, etc.

To this end, FIGS. 4A-B illustrate examples of user-defined objectives400 and 450, respectively, in accordance with aspects of the presentdisclosure. In one aspect, the user-defined objectives 400 and 450 shownin FIGS. 4A-B are examples of objectives and their respective weightedimportance as indicated by two different users. For example, a “User A”may indicate that the most important objectives (i.e., those associatedwith a weight of “5”) are (1) purchasing a home within the next 5 years,(2) always maintaining a commute time less than 30 minutes, (3) alwaysliving within an urban environment, and (4) working 40 hours per week orless.

A different “User B,” however, has specified a different set ofobjectives as being the most important, including (1) purchasing a carwithin the next 2 years, (2) attending a particular destination for amusic festival next year, (3) always living within 25 miles of aspecific address, and (4) always dressing fashionably. For ease ofexplanation, Users A and B have identified similar objectives, but haveassigned, in some case, a different weighted level of importance tothese objectives. However, it will be understood that aspects includeany suitable number of users identifying any suitable number of theirown respective objectives and the relative importance of each one. Theweighted importance of each objective may be useful when applying theconstraint framework to the overall set of each user's objectives, asdiscussed in further detail below.

In the present aspects, constraint framework module 233 is a portion ofmemory unit 226 configured to store instructions, that when executed byprocessor unit 222, cause processor unit 222 to perform various acts inaccordance with applicable aspects as described herein. For example,instructions stored in constraint framework module 233 may facilitateprocessor unit 222 performing functions associated with calculating aconstraint framework, which is then used to determine if, how, and whena user's defined objectives can be achieved. Additionally, aspectsinclude the constraint framework allowing life script calculation engine200 to determine alternate objectives when all defined objectives cannotbe achieved.

In various aspects, the constraint framework may be calculated basedupon any suitable type and/or number of data. For example, theconstraint framework may define a mathematical construct identifyingvarious guidelines regarding how to achieve each of the user's definedobjectives, and how to determine potential alternatives, in accordancewith the user's profile and/'or other available information. Forinstance, the constraint framework may indicate an order in whichobjectives are attempted to be achieved based upon the indicatedimportance (e.g., weighting) of each objective using data accessed inthe user's profile. To provide another example, the constraint frameworkmay additionally or alternatively include logic and/or conditions usedto determine how a goal is actually achieved. This may include, forexample, via monetary translation of one or more objectives, byallocating portions of a user's income to accomplish each objectivebased upon a translated monetary value of each one, calculating optimalbudgets, etc. Moreover, in various aspects, the constraint framework maybe established using information that is determined from any suitablecombination of data stored in the user's profile, other definedobjectives, monetary thresholds specified by the user or calculated fromthe user's income, risk thresholds defined directly by the user ordetermined from the user's psychographic information, and/or otherconsiderations.

In other words, the constraint framework defines how each particularobjective may be “achieved,” in various aspects. This may require, forexample, a combination of a user altering his or her behavior and/orwhether monetary allocations that result from this behavior are adequateto pay for one or more particular objectives. To provide an illustrativeexample with reference to FIGS. 4A-4B, an objective may be associatedwith a monetary value (e.g., the down payment associated with purchasinga new home, the average cost of dining out in the user's region basedupon available data, the cost of property, life, and/or health insurancepremiums, etc.). In such a case, the constraint framework may specifyone or more monetary conditions such that each of these objectives isachieved when the user is able to allocate an amount of money equal toor greater than the monetary value by a date (if applicable) that isassociated with that objective.

To provide another illustrative example, one or more of the objectivesmay be a “residency” objective that is associated with the user livingwithin a primary region, zip code, city, etc. Continuing this example,the constraint framework may specify that this objective is achievedwhen a monthly budget (or other suitable source of available income) canbe established by allocating an amount of money equal to or greater thanan average monthly cost of living in the preferred primary region. Thisaverage monthly cost may be determined from any suitable data source,such as third party data sources (e.g., one or more of back-endcomponents 120), for example. Further continuing this example, if theresidency objective cannot be achieved in accordance with the constraintframework, the constraint framework may define alternatives that may bepresented to the user, which are used to modify the user's currentobjectives such that the modified objectives may then be achieved. Forinstance, life script calculation engine 200 may calculate other regionsthat are nearest to the primary region for which the monthly budget canbe established.

The determination of other regions (or other alternatives in general)may also be made in a manner that is specified by the constraintframework taking other objectives into consideration. For example,assume that the user has two objectives of equally high importance, onebeing to buy a house in 5 years and another indicating that living inthe city is very important. In this scenario, if the user cannot achievethe objective of purchasing a home within the given time frame of 5years, script calculation engine 200 may suggest a longer timeline orother alternate nearby (or the nearest) cities. However, if the user didnot have another objective indicating the importance of living in thecity, the life script calculation engine 200 could suggest otheralternatives such as areas outside the city that may be more affordance,and thus achievable within the 5 year time frame. In this way, lifescript calculation engine 200 calculates a constraint framework for eachuser such that each user's individual objectives may be achieved in acustomized manner that is optimized for each user.

In the present aspects, life script calculation module 235 is a portionof memory unit 226 configured to store instructions, that when executedby processor unit 222, cause processor unit 222 to perform various actsin accordance with applicable aspects as described herein. For example,instructions stored in life script calculation module 235 may facilitateprocessor unit 222 performing functions associated with calculating alife script in accordance with a user's constraint framework. This lifescript may be calculated to include, for example, user behavior,contributions, and allocations required to achieve one or moreuser-defined objectives in accordance with the constraint framework. Forexample, the life script may be generated that attempts to achieve eachof the objectives in order of weighted importance as designated by theuser. An example of how the constraint framework may be applied to a setof user objectives to determine a viable life script is furtherdiscussed below with reference to FIGS. 5A-5B.

Exemplary Constraint Framework Application

FIG. 5A illustrates two examples of applying a constraint framework todetermine whether user-defined objectives are achievable for User A, inaccordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The objectives forUser A in both examples 1 and 2 as shown in FIG. 5A correspond to theuser-defined objectives 400, as shown in FIG. 4A. It should be notedthat the example life script and constraint framework shown in FIGS.5A-5B and discussed herein primarily rely on monetary values andmonetary thresholds associated with a debt-to-income ratio metric. Thisis done for ease of explanation, and aspects include using any suitablecombination of factors and/or metrics, monetary or otherwise, togenerate a life script in accordance with a user's constraint framework.

As shown in Example 1A, the overall goal defined by the constraintframework is to attempt to achieve only the highest-weighted objectives,i.e., those indicated as being the most important by the user. To thisend, the life script calculation engine 200 may monetize achieving eachof these goals over a timeline as indicated by the user's definedobjectives, if applicable. This monetized value is then factored overtime such that the cost of achieving these objectives can be realized ona shorter timeline, such as a monthly budget, for example. In theexample shown in Example 1A, this translates to requiring User A's toallocate an additional $450 per month to achieve these objectives, whichcorresponds to an adjusted debt-to-income (DTI) ratio of 38% when thisadditional allocation is considered as a debt payment.

Further continuing this example, the adjusted DTI ratio may or may notbe acceptable to this particular user. The determination of whether thisis acceptable may then be resolved by considering other factors definedin User A's constraint framework (e.g., User A's risk tolerance), whichagain may be determined from information associated with User A'sprofile. In this case, User A may have a risk tolerance such that thisadjusted DTI ratio is acceptable, and thus each of User A'shighest-weighted objectives may be achieved by setting aside anadditional $450 a month in this scenario.

The examples discussed herein with reference to FIGS. 5A-5B capture alife script moving forward using data that is available at a particularpoint in time for ease of explanation. However, as discussed herein, theuser's profile data may change over time based upon various factors suchas having a baby, getting a promotion, or losing a job, each of whichmay influence the DTI ratio and the user's tolerance for risk.Therefore, aspects include the constraint framework, and the life scriptgenerated using the constraint framework, being dynamically updated overtime to consider such changes.

For example, if the DTI ratio of 38% is right on the edge of the user'sacceptable threshold tolerance, future scenarios that increase this DTIratio (and/or decrease the user's acceptable threshold tolerance) mayresult in one or more objectives not being achievable because anobjective no longer fits the requirements of the updated constraintframework. If this is the case, aspects include determining alternativesand/or transmitting a notification to the user (e.g., via client device102) notifying the user of these alternatives. In this way, life scriptcalculation engine 200 may actively monitor a user's progress towardsvarious objectives and automatically adjust particular features of theconstraint framework. For instance, life script calculation engine 200may modify budgets, products, and/or user behavior to maximize theuser's likelihood of accomplishing his objectives in a manner that maybe weighted by probability of success and importance to the customer.

Moreover, the life script, upon being generated, may additionally oralternatively execute one or more actions to allow the user to achievevarious objectives, when possible. For example, assume that one of theuser's highest weighted objectives was to obtain life insurance becausethat user was planning to have a baby in the next two years. In such acase, the life script calculation engine 200 may actively identify oneor more insurance companies that offer life insurance and obtaininformation that allows the user to immediately take action to achievethis objective.

To provide an illustrative example, the life script calculation engine200 may obtain one or more Uniform Resource Locator (URL) links torespective insurers that offer life insurance, with each URL being alink to that insurer's online life insurance purchasing process. Theselinks may be transmitted to the user (e.g., via client device 102) suchthat these links are displayed with other information provided by thelife script such as alternative objectives, whether the objectives canbe achieved, etc. In various aspects, life script calculation engine 200may provide links, phone numbers, real estate listings, or any othersuitable type of information to the user when this type of informationis available for one or more achievable objectives. In this way, lifescript calculation engine 200 may execute parts of the life script thatit is able to and allow the user to effectuate one or more actions inaccordance with the life script.

Referring back to FIG. 5A, Example 1B indicates a constraint frameworkto achieve all weighted objectives defined by the user, as opposed tojust the highest-weighted ones. As shown in Example 1B, this includesthe life script calculation engine 200 generating a script that achieveseach of the objectives in order of each objective's weighted importance,as specified by the constraint framework. However, it will be understoodthat any suitable order or processing of each of the objectives may berealized in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

Similar to Example 1A, the Example 1B indicates life script calculationengine 200 monetizing each goal, and iteratively determining whether allobjectives may be achieved at each level of weighted importance. Forexample, upon determining that all objectives with a ‘5’ weighting canbe achieved, life script calculation engine 200 may then move on todetermine a monetary translation for further achieving all objectiveswith a ‘4’ weighting. As shown in Example 1B, although all ‘5’ weightedobjectives can be achieved, the constraint framework does not allow forboth ‘5’ and ‘4’ weighted objectives to be achieved together.

Therefore, aspects include life script calculation engine 200 modifyingeach of the ‘4’ objectives until each one is achieved in accordance withthe constraint framework. This modification may be performed inaccordance with any suitable technique as indicated, for example, viathe constraint framework. For example, life script calculation engine200 may modify the objectives, as shown in Example 1B, such thatobjectives having a higher weighted importance are modified less thanobjectives with a lower weighted importance. In other words, eachiterative step may make the minimal modification such that allobjectives can be achieved, which may cause more aggressivemodifications to progressively be made to lower-weighted objectives.

For example, the alternatives shown in Example 1B include the usertraveling to an alternate destination that may cost less than theoriginally-planned trip. This alternate trip may, for example, cost anamount that brings the DTI ratio within an acceptable threshold of risktolerance for User A. Another alternative may be associated with theuser's recurring or longer-term goals. For instance, User A may need todecide between travelling internationally less frequently (i.e., every 5years) that originally desired (i.e., every 3 years).

FIG. 5B illustrates an example of applying a constraint framework todetermine whether user-defined objectives are achievable for a User B,in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The objectives forUser B correspond to the user-defined objectives 450, as shown in FIG.4B. As shown in FIG. 5B, the overall goal defined by the constraintframework is to attempt to achieve all objectives, similar to Example 1Bas shown in FIG. 5A. Again, in this example the life script calculationengine 200 may monetize achieving each of these goals over a timeline asindicated by the user's defined objectives, if applicable, which is thenfactored over time such that the cost of achieving these objectives canbe realized on a shorter timeline.

In the example shown in FIG. 5B, the result of User B achieving allobjectives at a particular weighted value results in additional costsbeing allocated as part of User B's monthly budget. Thus, an adjusteddebt-to-income (DTI) ratio is calculated at each iterative step untileither (1) all user objectives are achieved and the resulting DTI ratiois within User B's acceptable risk tolerance threshold, or (2) User B'sacceptable risk tolerance threshold is exceeded before achieving allobjectives. As shown in FIG. 5B, the life script allows for User B toaccomplish the ‘5’, ‘4’, and ‘3’ weighted objectives, but theseobjectives cannot be achieved in addition to the ‘2’ weightedobjectives. That is, the ‘2’ weighted objectives result in the adjustedDTI ratio being 39.5%, and it is assumed that this is in excess of UserB's risk tolerance threshold of 39%.

Therefore, the alternatives shown in FIG. 5B include modifying theoriginal ‘2’ weighted objectives such that User B can instead own thesecond most recent iteration of a smartphone (instead of the most recentone), or get a second job and work 50 hours a week or less (instead of40 hours or less). Satisfying either one of these conditions may bringthe DTI ratio within an acceptable threshold of risk tolerance for UserB (e.g., 39% and 37.5%, respectively). In various aspects, this processmay be further repeated for the ‘1’ weighted objectives, which is notshown in FIG. 5B for purposes of brevity. The decision of whether the‘1’ weighted objectives can be achieved may then be determined and, ifnot, additional alternatives may be generated and sent to the user. Inthis way, the life script calculation engine 200 may interact with auser to ensure the user's objectives are achieved in a manner that ismost favorable to that particular user, i.e., by obtaining feedback fromthe user at each iterative step and guiding subsequent steps based uponthis feedback.

Exemplary Computer-Implemented Method of Calculating and Transmitting aLife Script

FIG. 6 illustrates a computer-implemented method flow 600, in accordancewith aspects of the present disclosure. In the present aspects, one ormore portions of method 600 (or the entire method 600) may beimplemented by any suitable device, and one or more portions of method600 may be performed by more than one suitable device in combinationwith one another. For example, one or more portions of method 600 may beperformed by client device 102 and/or life script calculation engine120.1, as shown in FIG. 1 . In one aspect, method 600 may be performedby any suitable combination of one or more processors, instructions,applications, programs, algorithms, routines, etc. For example, method600 may be performed via processor unit 222 executing instructionsstored in memory unit 226, as shown in FIG. 2 , in conjunction with datacollected, received, and/or generated via one or more financialinstitutions (e.g., one or more financial institutions 150), one or moreback-end computing devices (e.g., one or more back-end computing devices120), and/or one or more client devices 102 (e.g., client device 102).

Method 600 may start when one or more processors aggregate life scriptdata into a user profile (block 602). Again, this life script data mayinclude any suitable type of data that is relevant to the calculation ofa constraint framework that is subsequently used to calculate a lifescript (block 602). For example, the life script data may includefinancial information, demographic information, lifestyle information,and/or psychographic information associated with a user (block 602). Inthe present aspects, the life script data may be received from anysuitable number and/or type of data sources. For example, the lifescript data may correspond to data collected via client device 102, oneor more financial institutions 150, and/or one or more back-endcomputing devices 120, as shown and discussed with reference to FIG. 1 .

Method 600 may include one or more processors receiving objectivesindicating desired lifestyle habits for a user (block 604). For example,the objectives may be defined by a user in accordance with specificallydirected survey questions, as discussed herein (block 604). Theseobjectives may include, for example, any suitable type of recurring,current, or future goal, habit, etc., which may be driven by the user'scurrent, expected, and preferred lifestyle habits or changes to thoselifestyle habits that are likely or certain to occur within a known timeframe, as discussed above with reference to FIGS. 4A-B (block 604).

Method 600 may include one or more processors calculating a constraintframework that indicates one or more constraints used to identify how toachieve the objectives (block 606). This may include, for example,determining an order in which the objectives are attempted to beachieved, alternatives, and/or the logic and conditions used todetermine how each objective can be achieved (block 606). For example,this may include translating each objective into a monetary value,allocating budgets based upon data that is available from the user'sprofile, and/or determining alternate objectives in accordance with theuser's profile and/or other objectives, as discussed herein (block 606).

Method 600 may include one or more processors receiving a weightedimportance associated with each objective (block 608). This may include,for example, assigning a weight associated with the importance of eachobjective as indicated by the user. In one aspect, the weightedimportance may be indicated by the user and sent with the objectivesreceived (block 604) in accordance with survey questions, as discussedherein (block 608).

Method 600 may include one or more processors calculating a script thatindicates user behavior, contributions, and allocations required toachieve one or more of the plurality of objectives (block 610). This mayinclude, for example applying alternatives as indicated by theconstraint framework and/or approved by the user (block 610). This mayalso include, for example, applying the various logic and conditionsrepresented by the constraint framework to the objectives in order ofweighted importance, as discussed herein with reference to FIGS. 5A-5B(block 610).

Method 600 may include one or more processors transmitting the lifescript to a user (block 612). This may include, for example,transmitting a notification to a client device associated with the userindicating the details of the life script, which is then displayed viathe client device (block 612). This may also include, for example,transmitting one or more action items to the user's client device in theform of one or more interactive user-selectable links, which, whenselected by the user, facilitate the user effectuating an action inaccordance with the script, as discussed above with reference to FIGS.5A-5B (block 612).

TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES

The aspects described herein may be implemented as part of one or morecomputer components such as a client device and/or one or more back-endcomponents, such as a life script calculation engine 120.1 and/or lifescript calculation engine 200, for example. Furthermore, the aspectsdescribed herein may be implemented as part of a computer networkarchitecture that facilitates communications between various otherdevices and/or components. Thus, the aspects described herein addressand solve issues of a technical nature that are necessarily rooted incomputer technology.

For instance, aspects include analyzing various sources of data togenerate a user profile and to calculate a constraint framework inaccordance with user-specified objectives. In doing so, the aspectsovercome issues associated with the inconvenience of manual and/orunnecessary monitoring of such data by anticipating future needs anddetermine a holistic life script that considers other availablealternatives in conjunction with how important specific objectives areto specific users. Without the improvements suggested herein, additionaltime, processing resources, and memory usage would be required toachieve these results.

Furthermore, the embodiments described herein function to analyze datasources over time, to update a user's profile based upon an aggregationof this data, and to dynamically update the user's life script. As aresult, the process improves upon existing technologies by moreaccurately forecasting and anticipating a user's needs and/orconcurrently analyzing data from a larger number of sources than wouldbe feasible or practical. As a result, the customization of a lifescript improves upon the speed, efficiency, and accuracy in which suchcalculations could otherwise be performed. Due to these improvements,the aspects address computer-related issues regarding efficiency overthe traditional amount of processing power and models used to calculatebudgets, determine whether certain objectives can be achieved, and/ordetermining viable alternatives.

Thus, the aspects also improve upon computer technology by requiringfewer calculations due to the increased efficiency provided, forexample, via the combination of processes, steps, elements, and/orcomponents described herein. In other words, the specific combination ofelements and/or components working in conjunction with one another(e.g., via networked communications) in and of itself represent asignificant improvement to the overall technology involved. To be sure,the applications described herein produce a tangible improvement overconventional utilities, which are narrow-focused and fail to provide acomprehensive life planning solution for users.

Exemplary Computer-Implemented Method for Implementing a ComprehensiveLife Planner

In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for implementing acomprehensive life planner may be provided. The method may include oneor more processors (and/or associated transceivers) (1) aggregatingfinancial information, demographic information, lifestyle information,and psychographic information associated with a user to generate a userprofile; (2) receiving a plurality of objectives indicating desiredrecurring lifestyle habits as identified by the user; (3) calculating aconstraint framework for the user in accordance with the user profilethat indicates one or more constraints used to identify how to achievethe plurality of objectives; (4) receiving a weighted importanceassociated with each of the plurality of objectives, the weightedimportance indicating how important it is for the user to achieve eachof the plurality of objectives compared to the others; (5) calculating ascript that indicates user behavior, contributions, and allocationsrequired to achieve one or more of the plurality of objectives, in orderof weighted importance, in accordance with the constraint framework;and/or (6) transmitting (such as via wireless communication or datatransmission over one or more radio frequency links or communicationchannels) the script to an electronic or mobile device for presentationto the users. The method may include additional, less, or alternateactions, including those discussed elsewhere herein.

For instance, in various aspects, an objective may be associated with amonetary value, and is achieved when the user allocates an amount ofmoney equal to or greater than the monetary value by a date associatedwith the objective.

Additionally or alternatively, when each of the plurality of objectivescannot be achieved by the user, the method may include modifying theplurality of objectives until each one is achieved in accordance withthe constraint framework such that objectives having a higher weightedimportance are modified less than objectives with a lower weightedimportance.

The objective may also include a residency objective associated with athe user living within a primary region, and is achieved when a monthlybudget is established in accordance with the constraint framework byallocating an amount of money equal to or greater than an averagemonthly cost of living in the primary region. When the residencyobjective cannot be achieved in accordance with the constraintframework, the method may further include calculating other regionsnearest to the primary region for which the monthly budget can beestablished in accordance with the constraint framework

Furthermore, the financial information may include data identifyingmonthly income and expenses, whereas the psychographic information mayinclude data identifying a maximum level of user risk user.

Additionally or alternatively, transmitting the script may includetransmitting data identifying user-selectable links, which are thendisplayed on the electronic device for presentation to the user. Theseuser-selectable links, when selected by the user, facilitate the userimmediately effectuating an action in accordance with the script.

Exemplary System for Implementing a Comprehensive Life Planner

In yet another aspect, a computer system for predicting when a userrequires a loan and presenting the user with a loan offer may beprovided. The system may include (1) one or more back-end components,which may be configured to (i) aggregate financial information,demographic information, lifestyle information, and psychographicinformation associated with a user to generate a user profile; (ii)receive a plurality of objectives indicating desired lifestyle habits asidentified by the user; (iii) calculate a constraint framework for theuser in accordance with the user profile that indicates one or moreconstraints used to identify how to achieve the plurality of objectives;(iv) receive a weighted importance associated with each of the pluralityof objectives, the weighted importance indicating how important it isfor the user to achieve each of the plurality of objectives compared tothe others; (v) calculate a script that indicates user behavior,contributions, and allocations required to achieve one or more of theplurality of objectives, in order of weighted importance, in accordancewith the constraint framework; and/or (vi) transmit the script to anelectronic device for presentation to the users. The system may alsoinclude (2) a client device configured to receive the script transmittedby the one or more back-end components and to display the script to theuser. The system may include additional, less, or alternate components,including those discussed elsewhere herein.

For instance, in various aspects, an objective may be associated with amonetary value, and is achieved when the user allocates an amount ofmoney equal to or greater than the monetary value by a date associatedwith the objective.

Additionally or alternatively, when each of the plurality of objectivescannot be achieved by the user, the one or more back-end components maybe further configured to modify the plurality of objectives until eachone is achieved in accordance with the constraint framework such thatobjectives having a higher weighted importance are modified less thanobjectives with a lower weighted importance.

The objective may also include a residency objective associated with athe user living within a primary region, and is achieved when a monthlybudget is established in accordance with the constraint framework byallocating an amount of money equal to or greater than an averagemonthly cost of living in the primary region. When the residencyobjective cannot be achieved in accordance with the constraintframework, the one or more back-end components may be further configuredto calculate other regions nearest to the primary region for which themonthly budget can be established in accordance with the constraintframework

Furthermore, the financial information may include data identifyingmonthly income and expenses, whereas the psychographic information mayinclude data identifying a maximum level of user risk.

Additionally or alternatively, the one or more back-end components maybe further configured to transmit the script to include data identifyinguser-selectable links, which are then displayed on the client device forpresentation to the user. The client device may also be furtherconfigured to communicate with the one or more back-end components suchthat, when one of the user-selectable links is selected by the user, itfacilitates the user immediately effectuating an action in accordancewith the script.

Exemplary Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium for Implementing aComprehensive Life Planner

Still further, a non-transitory computer readable medium may be providedhaving instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or moreprocessors, cause the one or more processors to: (1) aggregate financialinformation, demographic information, lifestyle information, andpsychographic information associated with a user to generate a userprofile; (2) receive a plurality of objectives indicating desiredlifestyle habits as identified by the user; (3) calculate a constraintframework for the user in accordance with the user profile thatindicates one or more constraints used to identify how to achieve theplurality of objectives; (4) receive a weighted importance associatedwith each of the plurality of objectives, the weighted importanceindicating how important it is for the user to achieve each of theplurality of objectives compared to the others; (5) calculate a scriptthat indicates user behavior, contributions, and allocations required toachieve one or more of the plurality of objectives, in order of weightedimportance, in accordance with the constraint framework; and/or (6)transmit the script to an electronic device for presentation to theusers. The non-transitory computer readable medium may also includeadditional, less, or alternate instructions, including those discussedelsewhere herein.

For instance, in various aspects, an objective may be associated with amonetary value, and is achieved when the user allocates an amount ofmoney equal to or greater than the monetary value by a date associatedwith the objective.

Additionally or alternatively, when each of the plurality of objectivescannot be achieved by the user, the instructions may facilitate the oneor more processors modifying the plurality of objectives until each oneis achieved in accordance with the constraint framework such thatobjectives having a higher weighted importance are modified less thanobjectives with a lower weighted importance.

The objective may also include a residency objective associated with athe user living within a primary region, and is achieved when a monthlybudget is established in accordance with the constraint framework byallocating an amount of money equal to or greater than an averagemonthly cost of living in the primary region. When the residencyobjective cannot be achieved in accordance with the constraintframework, the instructions may facilitate the one or more processorscalculating other regions nearest to the primary region for which themonthly budget can be established in accordance with the constraintframework

Furthermore, the financial information may include data identifyingmonthly income and expenses, whereas the psychographic information mayinclude data identifying a maximum level of user risk user.

Additionally or alternatively, the instructions may facilitate the oneor more processors transmitting the script to include data identifyinguser-selectable links, which are then displayed on an electronic devicefor presentation to the user. The electronic device may also be furtherconfigured to communicate with the one or more back-end components suchthat, when one of the user-selectable links is selected by the user, itfacilitates the user immediately effectuating an action in accordancewith the script.

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

As discussed herein, data may be collected from various sourced togenerate, update, and/or modify a user profile to accurately calculatelife scripts. As described herein, the collection of data may beperformed after the user provides their affirmative consent, in someaspects.

This detailed description is to be construed as exemplary only and doesnot describe every possible embodiment, as describing every possibleembodiment would be impractical, if not impossible. One may be implementnumerous alternate embodiments, using either current technology ortechnology developed after the filing date of this application.

Furthermore, although the present disclosure sets forth a detaileddescription of numerous different embodiments, it should be understoodthat the legal scope of the description is defined by the words of theclaims set forth at the end of this patent and equivalents. The detaileddescription is to be construed as exemplary only and does not describeevery possible embodiment since describing every possible embodimentwould be impractical. Numerous alternative embodiments may beimplemented, using either current technology or technology developedafter the filing date of this patent, which would still fall within thescope of the claims. Although the following text sets forth a detaileddescription of numerous different embodiments, it should be understoodthat the legal scope of the description is defined by the words of theclaims set forth at the end of this patent and equivalents. The detaileddescription is to be construed as exemplary only and does not describeevery possible embodiment since describing every possible embodimentwould be impractical. Numerous alternative embodiments may beimplemented, using either current technology or technology developedafter the filing date of this patent, which would still fall within thescope of the claims.

The following additional considerations apply to the foregoingdiscussion. Throughout this specification, plural instances mayimplement components, operations, or structures described as a singleinstance. Although individual operations of one or more methods areillustrated and described as separate operations, one or more of theindividual operations may be performed concurrently, and nothingrequires that the operations be performed in the order illustrated.Structures and functionality presented as separate components in exampleconfigurations may be implemented as a combined structure or component.Similarly, structures and functionality presented as a single componentmay be implemented as separate components. These and other variations,modifications, additions, and improvements fall within the scope of thesubject matter herein.

Additionally, certain embodiments are described herein as includinglogic or a number of routines, subroutines, applications, orinstructions. These may constitute either software (e.g., code embodiedon a machine-readable medium or in a transmission signal) or hardware.In hardware, the routines, etc., are tangible units capable ofperforming certain operations and may be configured or arranged in acertain manner. In exemplary embodiments, one or more computer systems(e.g., a standalone, client or server computer system) or one or morehardware modules of a computer system (e.g., a processor or a group ofprocessors) may be configured by software (e.g., an application orapplication portion) as a hardware module that operates to performcertain operations as described herein.

In various embodiments, a hardware module may be implementedmechanically or electronically. For example, a hardware module maycomprise dedicated circuitry or logic that is permanently configured(e.g., as a special-purpose processor, such as a field programmable gatearray (FPGA) or an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)) toperform certain operations. A hardware module may also compriseprogrammable logic or circuitry (e.g., as encompassed within ageneral-purpose processor or other programmable processor) that istemporarily configured by software to perform certain operations. Itwill be appreciated that the decision to implement a hardware modulemechanically, in dedicated and permanently configured circuitry, or intemporarily configured circuitry (e.g., configured by software) may bedriven by cost and time considerations.

Accordingly, the term “hardware module” should be understood toencompass a tangible entity, be that an entity that is physicallyconstructed, permanently configured (e.g., hardwired), or temporarilyconfigured (e.g., programmed) to operate in a certain manner or toperform certain operations described herein. Considering embodiments inwhich hardware modules are temporarily configured (e.g., programmed),each of the hardware modules need not be configured or instantiated atany one instance in time. For example, where the hardware modulescomprise a general-purpose processor configured using software, thegeneral-purpose processor may be configured as respective differenthardware modules at different times. Software may accordingly configurea processor, for example, to constitute a particular hardware module atone instance of time and to constitute a different hardware module at adifferent instance of time.

Hardware modules may provide information to, and receive informationfrom, other hardware modules. Accordingly, the described hardwaremodules may be regarded as being communicatively coupled. Where multipleof such hardware modules exist contemporaneously, communications may beachieved through signal transmission (e.g., over appropriate circuitsand buses) that connect the hardware modules. In embodiments in whichmultiple hardware modules are configured or instantiated at differenttimes, communications between such hardware modules may be achieved, forexample, through the storage and retrieval of information in memorystructures to which the multiple hardware modules have access. Forexample, one hardware module may perform an operation and store theoutput of that operation in a memory device to which it iscommunicatively coupled. A further hardware module may then, at a latertime, access the memory device to retrieve and process the storedoutput. Hardware modules may also initiate communications with input oroutput devices, and may operate on a resource (e.g., a collection ofinformation).

The various operations of example methods described herein may beperformed, at least partially, by one or more processors that aretemporarily configured (e.g., by software) or permanently configured toperform the relevant operations. Whether temporarily or permanentlyconfigured, such processors may constitute processor-implemented modulesthat operate to perform one or more operations or functions. The modulesreferred to herein may, in some example embodiments, compriseprocessor-implemented modules.

Similarly, the methods or routines described herein may be at leastpartially processor-implemented. For example, at least some of theoperations of a method may be performed by one or more processors orprocessor-implemented hardware modules. The performance of certain ofthe operations may be distributed among the one or more processors, notonly residing within a single machine, but deployed across a number ofmachines. In some example embodiments, the processor or processors maybe located in a single location (e.g., within a home environment, anoffice environment or as a server farm), while in other embodiments theprocessors may be distributed across a number of locations.

The performance of certain of the operations may be distributed amongthe one or more processors, not only residing within a single machine,but deployed across a number of machines. In some exemplary embodiments,the one or more processors or processor-implemented modules may belocated in a single geographic location (e.g., within a vehicle, withina home environment, an office environment, or a server farm). In otherexample embodiments, the one or more processors or processor-implementedmodules may be distributed across a number of geographic locations.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, discussions herein using wordssuch as “processing,” “computing,” “calculating,” “determining,”“presenting,” “displaying,” or the like may refer to actions orprocesses of a machine (e.g., a computer) that manipulates or transformsdata represented as physical (e.g., electronic, magnetic, or optical)quantities within one or more memories (e.g., volatile memory,non-volatile memory, or a combination thereof), registers, or othermachine components that receive, store, transmit, or displayinformation.

As used herein any reference to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment”means that a particular element, feature, structure, or characteristicdescribed in connection with the embodiment is included in at least oneembodiment. The appearances of the phrase “in one embodiment” in variousplaces in the specification are not necessarily all referring to thesame embodiment.

Some embodiments may be described using the expression “coupled” and“connected” along with their derivatives. For example, some embodimentsmay be described using the term “coupled” to indicate that two or moreelements are in direct physical or electrical contact. The term“coupled,” however, may also mean that two or more elements are not indirect contact with each other, but yet still co-operate or interactwith each other. The embodiments are not limited in this context.

As used herein, the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes,”“including,” “has,” “having” or any other variation thereof, areintended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process,method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is notnecessarily limited to only those elements but may include otherelements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method,article, or apparatus. Further, unless expressly stated to the contrary,“or” refers to an inclusive or and not to an exclusive or. For example,a condition A or B is satisfied by any one of the following: A is true(or present) and B is false (or not present), A is false (or notpresent) and B is true (or present), and both A and B are true (orpresent).

In addition, use of the “a” or “an” are employed to describe elementsand components of the embodiments herein. This is done merely forconvenience and to give a general sense of the description. Thisdescription, and the claims that follow, should be read to include oneor at least one and the singular also includes the plural unless it isobvious that it is meant otherwise.

The patent claims at the end of this patent application are not intendedto be construed under 35 U.S.C. § 112(f) unless traditionalmeans-plus-function language is expressly recited, such as “means for”or “step for” language being explicitly recited in the claim(s).

The various systems and methods described herein are directed to animprovement to computer functionality, and improve the functioning ofconventional computers, as described, for example, in the “TechnicalAdvantages” Section and elsewhere herein.

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 21. A method implemented by one or more processors, themethod comprising: receiving, by the one or more processors, informationassociated with a user from a plurality of data sources, the informationincluding financial information received from a first data source of theplurality of date sources; receiving a plurality of objectives and aweighted importance associated with each objective of the plurality ofobjectives, the plurality of objectives indicating a plurality ofdesired goals of the user; translating, by the one or more processors,each objective of the plurality of objectives into a respective metric;generating, by the one or more processors, for each objective of theplurality of objectives based at least in part upon the receivedinformation, one or more combinations of user behaviors associated withthe respective metric; and generating a script for implementing theplurality of objectives, the script including an indication of: theplurality of objectives in order of the corresponding weightedimportance; and for each objective of the plurality of objectives, theone or more combinations of user behaviors.
 22. The method of claim 21,wherein each objective of the plurality of objectives is achieved whenthe user meets or exceeds the one or more combinations of user behaviorsprior to a date specified for each objective.
 23. The method of claim21, further comprising: calculating a constraint framework based on thereceived information and the plurality of objectives, the constraintframework including one or more constraints associated with theplurality of objectives.
 24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:determining at least one objective of the plurality of objectives cannotbe achieved in accordance with the constraint framework associated witha profile of the user and the plurality of objectives; and in responseto the determination, modifying the plurality of objectives until eachobjective is achieved in accordance with the constraint framework suchthat an objective having a higher weighted importance is modified lessthan an objective with a lower weighted importance.
 25. The method ofclaim 23, wherein an objective of the plurality of objectives is aresidency objective associated with the user living within a primaryregion, the residency objective is achieved when a monthly budget isestablished in accordance with the constraint framework and includesallocating an amount of money equal to or greater than an averagemonthly cost of living in the primary region; wherein the method furthercomprises: determining the residency objective cannot be achieved inaccordance with the constraint framework, and in response to thedetermination, calculating other regions nearest to the primary regionfor which the monthly budget can be established in accordance with theconstraint framework.
 26. The method of claim 21, wherein the financialinformation further includes data from a second data source of theplurality of data sources.
 27. The method of claim 21, furthercomprising: transmitting, by the one or more processors to a clientdevice associated with the user, data identifying one or more actionitems associated with implementing the plurality of objectives accordingto the script, the one or more action items being associated with theone or more combinations of user behaviors.
 28. The method of claim 27,wherein transmitting the data identifying the one or more action itemsincludes transmitting one or more user-selectable links that, whenselected by the user via the client device, enables the user toimmediately effectuate one or more actions to implement one or moreobjectives in accordance with the script.
 29. A system comprising: oneor more memories storing program instructions; one or more processorsexecuting the program instructions and configured to: receiveinformation associated with a user from a plurality of data sources, theinformation including financial information received from a first datasource of the plurality of data sources; receive a plurality ofobjectives and a weighted importance associated with each objective ofthe plurality of objectives, the plurality of objectives indicating aplurality of desired goals of the user; translate each objective of theplurality of objectives into a respective metric; generate, for eachobjective of the plurality of objectives based at least in part upon thereceived information, one or more combinations of user behaviorsassociated with the respective metric; and generate a script forimplementing the plurality of objectives, the script including anindication of: the plurality of objectives in order of the correspondingweighted importance; and for each objective of the plurality ofobjectives, the one or more combinations of user behaviors.
 30. Thesystem of claim 29, wherein each objective of the plurality ofobjectives is achieved when the user meets or exceeds the one or morecombinations of user behaviors prior to a date specified for eachobjective.
 31. The system of claim 29, wherein the one or moreprocessors are further configured to: calculate a constraint frameworkbased on the received information and the plurality of objectives, theconstraint framework including one or more constraints associated withthe plurality of objectives.
 32. The system of claim 31, wherein the oneor more processors are further configured to: determine at least oneobjective of the plurality of objectives cannot be achieved inaccordance with the constraint framework associated with a profile ofthe user and the plurality of objectives, and in response to thedetermination, modify the plurality of objectives until each objectiveis achieved in accordance with the constraint framework such that anobjective having a higher weighted importance is modified less than anobjective with a lower weighted importance.
 33. The system of claim 31,wherein: an objective of the plurality of objectives is a residencyobjective associated with the user living within a primary region, theresidency objective is achieved when a monthly budget is established inaccordance with the constraint framework and includes allocating anamount of money equal to or greater than an average monthly cost ofliving in the primary region; wherein the one or more processors arefurther configured to: determine the residency objective cannot beachieved in accordance with the constraint framework, and in response tothe determination, calculate other regions nearest to the primary regionfor which the monthly budget can be established in accordance with theconstraint framework.
 34. The system of claim 29, wherein the financialinformation further includes data from a second data source of theplurality of data sources; wherein the one or more processors arefurther configured to: transmit, to a client device associated with theuser, data identifying one or more action items associated withimplementing the plurality of objectives according to the script, theone or more action items being associated with the one or morecombinations of user behaviors.
 35. A non-transitory computer readablemedium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one ormore processors, cause the one or more processors to: receiveinformation associated with a user from a plurality of data sources, theinformation including financial information received from a first datasource of the plurality of data sources; receive a plurality ofobjectives and a weighted importance associated with each objective ofthe plurality of objectives, the plurality of objectives indicating aplurality of desired goals of the user; generate, for each objective ofthe plurality of objectives based at least in part upon the receivedinformation, one or more combinations of user behaviors associated withthe respective metric; and generate a script for implementing theplurality of objectives, the script including an indication of: theplurality of objectives in order of the corresponding weightedimportance; and for each objective of the plurality of objectives, theone or more combinations of user behaviors.
 36. The non-transitorycomputer readable medium of claim 35, wherein each objective of theplurality of objectives is achieved when the user meets or exceeds theone or more combinations of user behaviors prior to a date specified foreach objective.
 37. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim35, further including instructions that, when executed by the one ormore processors, cause the one or more processors to: calculate aconstraint framework based on the received information and the pluralityof objectives, the constraint framework including one or moreconstraints associated with the plurality of objectives.
 38. Thenon-transitory computer readable medium of claim 37, further includinginstructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causethe one or more processors to: determine at least on objective of theplurality of objectives cannot be achieved in accordance with theconstraint framework, and in response to the determination, modify theplurality of objectives until each objective is achieved in accordancewith the constraint framework such that an objective having a higherweighted importance is modified less than an objective with a lowerweighted importance.
 39. The non-transitory computer readable medium ofclaim 37, wherein an objective of the plurality of objectives is aresidency objective associated with the user living within a primaryregion, the residency objective is achieved when a monthly budget isestablished in accordance with the constraint framework and includesallocating an amount of money equal to or greater than an averagemonthly cost of living in the primary region.
 40. The non-transitorycomputer readable medium of claim 35, wherein: the financial informationfurther includes data from a second data source of the plurality of datasources.
 41. A system comprising: a means for storing programinstructions; a means configured execute the program instructions andperform operations comprising: receiving information associated with auser from a plurality of data sources, the information includingfinancial information received from a first data source of the pluralityof data sources; receiving a plurality of objectives and a weightedimportance associated with each objective of the plurality ofobjectives, the plurality of objectives indicating a plurality ofdesired goals of the user; translating each objective of the pluralityof objectives into a respective metric; generating, for each objectiveof the plurality of objectives based at least in part upon the receivedinformation, one or more combinations of user behaviors associated withthe respective metric; and generating a script for implementing theplurality of objectives, the script including an indication of: theplurality of objectives in order of the corresponding weightedimportance; and for each objective of the plurality of objectives, theone or more combinations of user behaviors.